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In 2006, while the last permanent director, Carl J. Truscott, was being investigated for his cheap designer handbags , the N.R.A. prodded Congress to require Senate confirmation for the job. Mr. LaPierre said his organization wanted “more light and more scrutiny” on the bureau. Michael Bouchard, a retired A.T.F. agent, says he was among a number of designer handbags on sale who warned against it.

“We said, ‘We’ll never get a director confirmed, even if it was the designer handbags wholesale ,’ ” Mr. Bouchard recalled.

Michael Sullivan, nominated by President George W. Bush in 2007, never won Senate approval and ran the agency in an acting capacity. Mr. Obama installed Mr. Melson as acting director in cheap designer bags. In November 2010, the president nominated Andrew Traver, who runs the Chicago A.T.F. office and is opposed by the N.R.A. He has yet to get a hearing before the Judiciary Committee. A spokeswoman said the panel was still reviewing documents.